“For the last couple of summers, I have been aware of increased Ozone or “Air Quality” warnings in my area. I know that is has been particularly hot these last few summers, and this season is shaping up to be no different. I was driving home from work yesterday, and saw a sign on the highway that normally reads, “Click it Or Ticket”, and realized it said something different. The digital sign read, “Ozone Warning In Effect, Please Carpool.” As the hot sun baked my stopped car, I found myself wishing I wore my sunblock. I began to wonder, what exactly IS an Ozone Warning? And why is it SO dangerous?”

“What can you personally expect from this book? Be open to no less than the fulfillment of your dreams–just don’t expect the expected! Miracles awaken us to dreams we never thought to dream before, things our heart has always longed for but our minds have never known how to name, and these may compel you to leave predictability behind. Curious? Come join the experiment–it may just change your life!”

“In this moment, we are creating the direction of the future. What that direction will be depends on the awareness with which we make our choices. How each of us behaves in the trials of this transition will determine the future we are creating. What we do depends on what we hold precious, what we believe about reality and what we decide to treasure. It is time to clear the past, engage the largest part of who we are and align our actions accordingly.”

“There are four main types of tea leaves – black (including English Breakfast and Earl Grey), green, white and Oolong. They all contain antioxidants that have a host of health benefits. And herbal infusions, which do not contain tea leaves, also have many health-giving properties. Adding milk prevents our bodies from accessing the valuable antioxidant qualities in the tea due to the proteins it contains – but adding sugar does not have the same effect.”

“Some blind people have learned to echolocate by making clicking noises and listening to the returning echoes. A study of two such people, published in PLoS ONE , showed a part of the brain usually associated with sight was activated when listening to echoes… Bats and dolphins bounce sound waves off their surroundings and by listening to the echoes can “see” the world around them. Some blind humans have also trained themselves to do this, allowing them to explore cities, cycle and play sports.”

“Brazilian legislators pass a law easing environmental regulations, which conservationists say will fuel destruction of the Amazon rainforest… After months of at times acrimonious debate, the Chamber of Deputies voted to overhaul the Forest Code, as the legislation is known. Under the current law, 80% of a farm in the Amazon must remain forested; in other areas, the requirement is lower, falling to 20%.. .”

One thing I have found to be quite useful is a small periodical entitled Dr. Andrew Weil’s Self Healing. It is the monthly magazine of Dr. Weil’s Integrative Medicine Clinic at the University of Arizona and covers the latest issues concerning integrative and holistic medicine. Inside I talk about Dr. Weil’s books, as well as his latest one, and a list of upcoming events.

“You are blessed by your teachers, as we are blessed by your efforts. Know then, that you are never alone, even and especially in those darkest times when you are feeling afloat without a purpose to connect you. Your purpose awaits you, calls to you. Your teachers are ever available, serving in your times of joy and sorrow alike. You are as dear to us as God, for on your deepest level you are the very God you seek. We embrace you and honor you, as we serve you in your quest.”

“We have come to the end of an era and are destroying our own ecosystem. Because the light has gone out in the inner world we do not have the potential for any real change or transformation. This is our present condition, and our lack of awareness or understanding of the inner world makes it especially precarious. And we do not appear to notice what is happening, or what this change might mean… Yet we sense in our souls what we can see in the ecosystem: that something is over, that the world will not return to what it was. And the collective, still caught in its dream of materialism, feels an anxiety, even anger, as it knows that this dream has passed its sell-by date, that its promises of prosperity are empty.”